DE74 2QH

Long Whatton & Diseworth · North West Leicestershire · England

Updated September 2026

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Postcode district
DE74
Postcode sector
DE74 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE74 2BG 146 m
DE74 2QG 170 m
DE74 2QP 249 m
DE74 2QF 255 m
DE74 2SY 274 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE74 2QH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE74
Postcode sector
DE74 2
Latitude
52.812647
Longitude
-1.329126
British National Grid easting
445,315
British National Grid northing
324,109

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Parish or community
E04005556
Output area
E00131558
Lower layer super output area
North West Leicestershire 002A · E01025923
Middle layer super output area
North West Leicestershire 002 · E02005398

Postcode source versions

Explore DE74

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. Diseworth Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    580 m
  2. Long Whatton Church of England Primary School and Community Centre

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.0 km
  3. Castle Donington College

    Academy converter

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
97
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Shoplifting 18
  • Violence and sexual offences 17
  • Other theft 15
  • Drugs 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DE74 2 residents
12,927

Age bands in DE74 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

1,905 residents

Age 15 to 24
15.1%

1,945 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.7%

3,050 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.5%

3,416 residents

Age 65 and over
20%

2,580 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • MANOR HOUSE SURGERY

    1 MILL LANE, BELTON, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 9UJ

    ODS code C82102

    3.1 km

  • CASTLE DONINGTON SURGERY

    53 BOROUGH STREET, CASTLE DONINGTON, DERBY, DE74 2LB

    ODS code C82007

    3.4 km

  • ORCHARD SURGERY

    DRAGWELL, KEGWORTH, DERBY, DE74 2EL

    ODS code C82040

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Lady Gate

    BCT · Diseworth

    0.0 miles
  • Lady Gate

    BCT · Diseworth

    0.0 miles
  • Brookside

    BCT · Diseworth

    0.2 miles
  • Brookside

    BCT · Diseworth

    0.2 miles
  • Clements Gate

    BCT · Diseworth

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North West Leicestershire 002A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,589 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
5 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Diseworth Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 580 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

97 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 18 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.